Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Taylor, J. R. 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Taylor, J.R., Little Falls, the leading hardware merchant of Little Falls, is 
a native of Albany. He has spent most of his life in New York city, Michigan 
and Little Falls.  He was engaged in the insurance business in Chicago for a 
few years.  In 1886 he embarked in the hardware business in Little Falls, the 
firm being Taylor, Cooke & Co.  In 1890 the name was chenged to Taylor & 
Markham and in 1892 he assumed control of the whole business.  He is 
essentially one of the leading men in Little Falls, judged by his ability and 
success.  He is secretary and treasurer of the Little Falls Excelsior and 
Lumber Company, and has been of the Board of Health.  He is a member of the 
Odd Fellows' Society and the Lodge of Elks and was captain of a military 
company at Port Huron, Mich., in 1874.  He comes of an illustrious family 
which has resided in America for seven generations.  His grandfather was John 
Taylor, Mayor of the city of Albany, 1824.  He is connected with the Taylors 
of Albany, and the Richmonds of Richmond Manor and the Wotherspoons of New 
York.

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source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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